Catching up on things and realized I hadn't posted here.
I live in the Clairemont area of San Diego. I started riding over 30 years ago, raced for a bit, reaching Cat 2 status (mainly rode track, got to race with people like Roger Young, Mark Gorski, Rich Bryne, etc), burned out and quit riding. Career and family intervened and lots of years passed. My weight ballooned up, and I finally had enough when my older daughter got married and made me a grandpa. Started a strict diet, walking, then running. I'm mainly a runner these days, having run the last 2 Rock 'n Roll Marathons in San Diego. I started doing spin classes to supplement my run training, and got the bug to start riding again. I think I'm just an endorphin junkie, because I need to get my workout fix any way I can - running, on the bike, swimming (or at least trying to!!). Oh yes - I also do Bikram Yoga a couple times a week!!
90% certain I'm goin to do the metric at Tour de Poway. If I do, I hope to meet some of you there. I'll be riding my Cervelo Soloist Team
A bit of trivia: I met markw years ago at the local Linux Users Group.